<p><strong>Andrea Chase</strong> is a partner with Spencer Fane LLP in Kansas City, Mo., where she represents secured and unsecured creditors and bankruptcy trustees in bankruptcy and nonbankruptcy insolvency proceedings such as receiverships and foreclosure proceedings, out-of-court workouts and restructurings, and other related insolvency matters. She currently serves on the advisory board for the Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute, an annual program jointly sponsored by ABI and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and she serves on the board of the Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association. Ms. Chase is a 2021 honoree of ABI’s “40 Under 40” program. She received her Bachelor’s degree <em>summa cum laude</em> in business administration and government & international affairs from Augustana College, and her J.D. with highest distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law, where she served as a managing editor for the <em>Iowa Law Review</em>, was a member of the Pro Bono Society and earned a Boyd Service Award. During law school, she externed for Chief Judge Thad Collins of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa.</p>